2015 annual report draft

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2015 ANNUAL REPORT

2015 Score Sheet

special exhibitions with

200 loans of artwork

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10 John H. Daniels Fellows supported

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128 new members for a total of 534 members 200 library guests assisted

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2,000 Facebook views per post, 80 posts, 1,400 likes 5,900 attendees of tours, programs & events 11,000 blog views reaching 74 countries 13,000 website visits

Preserving, promoting, and sharing the literature, art, and culture of equestrian, angling, and field sports

www.NationalSporting.org

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NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY & MUSEUM

27 partnerships created with area non-profits and local schools 60 public programs, 2,500 attendees

SIDE-BY-SIDE with Gun & Dog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 - MARCH 20, 2016

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SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH GUN & DOG

4 publications (exhibition catalogs & books)

Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog catalogue

Edward Troye exhibition

John H. Daniels Fellow, Collin McKinney

Library Tour

Open Late concert

Sunday Sketch program

From the Director

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t has been a phenomenal year for the National Sporting Library & Museum. Our staff and board extend appreciation to everyone who attended events, strolled through the exhibitions, brought friends and family out to a concert, tried their hand at sketching in the galleries, took a tour, supported our Annual Polo Benefit, read a blog, renewed a membership or joined as a new member, researched in the library, and served as an NSLM ambassador to the community. Thank You! Throughout the year, the NSLM hosted the quality exhibitions, events, and programs our members expect and appreciate. We also introduced a variety of new public events, creating excitement in the community.

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“Lovely evening. Thank you. I was stunned by the museum. I had no idea.

When I opened the door … that first sculpture blew me away; so did the rest of the pieces. The museum is a gem.”

This is just one of the many compliments we received from those who attended the new summer concert series Open Late. With more than 1,500 total attendees, the series was a big success! Plan to come back out to the lawn on the last Friday of April (29th) for the start of the 2016 Open Late series.

We were bursting at the seams for Library Day this year, which included our Duplicate Book Sale, Annual Auction, and the launch of Daniels Fellow Martha Wolfe’s book The Great Hound Match of 1905: Alexander Henry Higginson, Harry Worcester Smith, and the Rise of Virginia Hunt Country. And, the Founders’ Room was packed listening to Ada Gates Patton, the first female licensed farrier in the U.S. and Canada, talk about her extraordinary life and that of her great-greatgrandfather, inventor Henry Burden. Through partnerships and collaborations, the NSLM developed a total of 60 public programs!

More than 5,000 visitors enjoyed exhibitions in 2015. Even as the year comes to a close, there is still time to take in Side-by-Side with Gun & Dog, featuring works from the Yale Center for British Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibition catalogue (see page 5) makes for lovely holiday gift giving.

Also, 468 people attended our Annual Polo Fundraiser, and for that we are most grateful. This event is our main fundraiser each year and thanks to your support, we met our 2015 Polo Fundraiser goal.

For those that can not make it to the NSLM campus for our programs or events, we created a greater online presence. The new website has 700 weekly hits, and 3,000 people regularly view our Facebook posts. The show stopper has been our blog Drawing Covert which has received more than 10,000 views.

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Melanie L. Mathewes Executive Director

The National Sporting Library & Museum is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and sharing the literature, art, and culture of equestrian, angling, and field sports.

Table of Contents Library Projects

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Programs & Events 3 NSLM Fellows

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Blog

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Annual Auction

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Contributors List

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Thank yous

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Exhibitions

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Acquisitions

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Facilities Update

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Financials

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Library donors Archive project Annual Auction report Digitization (Video and Microfilm) Library Storage Expansion Projects

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rograms & events

LECTURES AUG 1: Livestock Conservancy

Colonial Spanish Horses in America OCT 6: Meet the Author: Christiana Hannum Miller

Goodnight Ladies: A Portrait of Nancy Penn Smith Hannum OCT 14: Dr. David Dorondo Considerations of Continuity:

Modern European Military Equestrianism OCT 29: Ada Gates Patton An Unexpected Life NOV 8: Martha Wolfe The Great Hound Match of 1905:

Alexander Henry Higginson, Harry Worcester Smith

and the Rise of Virginia’s Hunt Country

OPEN LATE CONCERTS

Some 1500 visitors came to attend our Open Late concert series in 2015 and The Middleburg Business & Professional Association (MBPA) awarded Open Late as the “Best New Event of the Year.”

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APR 24: Middleburg Hunt Point-to-Point,

featuring: Difficult Run Jazz Band MAY 22: Sky Meadow State Park Night

featuring: Tara Mills Band JUN 26: Virginia Tech Alumni Night,

featuring: The Piedmont Symphony Orchestra JUL 24: GMU Alumni Night,

featuring: The George Mason Univ. Jazz Ensemble AUG 28 : Featuring Reckless Island SEP 25 : Friends and Family Night,

featuring the Lisa Lim Band

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SPORTING CONVERSATIONS

Lectures by John H. Daniels Fellows connect the public with new discoveries and research. In 2015, current and former Fellows shared their expertise, research, and experiences studying the unique collections, resources and rare books found at the NSLM. FEB 21: Elizabeth Tobey APR 18: Corey Piper MAY 16: Glenye Oakford JUN 20 : Erica Munkwitz

SUNDAY SKETCH

The first Sunday of the month, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, a local art teacher or artist led a sketching session in the art galleries, guiding participants on style, composition, or another aspect of drawing.

JUL 18 : Andrew Baker AUG 15: Judith Woodall SEP 19: Dorothy Ours OCT 17: Martha Wolfe

AUG 2: Linda Conti SEP 6: Barbara Sharp

OCT 4: Teresa Duke NOV 1: Barbara Sharp

SATURDAY SHOWINGS

On the second Saturday of the month, the NSLM featured a movie in the Founders’ Room of the Library.

JUL 11 AUG 8 OCT 10 NOV 14 DEC 12

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A River Runs Through It (1992), pg, 123 min.

Running Free (1999), g, 81 min.

The Black Stallion (1979), g, 188 min.

Secretariat (2010), pg, 123 min.

Sylvester (1985), pg, 104 min.

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COLLIN MCKINNEY From Warrior to Gentleman: Masculinity and Sport in the 19th Century KATHLEEN CRANDELL A Historical Perspective on the Causes, Incidence, Management and Treatment of Laminitis in Horses LUCAS RUBIN Trotting in Brooklyn, ca. 1800 to 1868 PETER MCNEIL ‘Taking the Dust’: Macaroni Men and English Equine Fashions

DOROTHY OURS Llangollen Race Meeting 1931: Sketches by Paul Brown

Sketches by Paul Brown

LOUISE CURTH The Pocket Farrier: Veterinary Texts in Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century America

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MARYANNA SKOWRONSKI View: A Pictorial History of the Elkridge-Harford Hunt

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MATTHEW ‘DUKE’ BISCOTTI A Bibliography of Foxhunting

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The Ladies’ Equestrian Guide, 1857

ost popular blog post

By John Connolly, October 15, 2015 847 views

“In 1857, compelled by a perceived lack of literature on the subject, Mrs. J. Stirling Clarke authored The Ladies’ Equestrian Guide as a succinct manual to riding for women. The book is thoroughly a product of its time, and focuses on the proprieties of Victorian horsemanship. Nevertheless, the work is an insight into the practical challenges that faced female riders in the middle of the 19th Century.”

Read this and other blog posts at NationalSporting.org.

The Ladies’ Equestrian Guide, 1857, Mrs. Stirling Clarke (left) including an illustration of proper riding (right). The book was sold at the NSLM Annual Auction.

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2015 ANNUAL GIVING CONTRIBUTORS The National Sporting Library & Museum wishes to thank and recognize those whose contributions were received between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015. These contributions form the foundation of financial support for the NSLM’s operations. We are grateful for gifts at all levels and appreciate our many donors and friends.

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE - $25,000 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. B. Tim Brookshire Mrs. Frances Massey Dulaney Mr. and Mrs. Stephen V. Mullaney

Mrs. Felicia Warburg Rogan Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stahl, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne Ms. Viviane M. Warren

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE - $10,000 Mrs. William Abel Smith Mr. and Mrs. Hector Alcalde Amb. and Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Aulisi Mr. Bradley J. Bondi Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brennan Ms. Cathy M. Brentzel Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Calder Mr. and Mrs. Guy O. Dove Mrs. Helen K. Groves Mr. James I. Harrison, III Ms. Wilhelmina Cole Holladay Dr. and Mrs. Manuel H. Johnson Mrs. Jacqueline B. Mars Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Ohrstrom Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gayden Parker Mrs. Lorian Peralta-Ramos Ms. Claire Reid Mr. and Mrs. F. Turner Reuter, Jr.

PATRON CIRCLE - $2,500 Mr. and Mrs. David Blake Ms. Lisa Campbell Hugh Chisholm and Daisy Prince Mr. and Mrs. P. Hamilton Clark, III Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Epstein Mrs. Dielle Fleischmann Ms. Anjela Guarriello Mr. James L. Hatcher, Jr. Mr. Albert B. Head Mrs. Gertraud Hechl Mr. Anthony J. Horan and Ms. Susan Trotter Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, III Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kemmerer Mr. and Mrs. Francis Knott Mr. Joel A. Kobert Peter and Ineke Kreeger Mr. and Mrs. Climis Lascaris Mr. Bryce M. Lingo Mrs. Alexander Mackay-Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mike Massie Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Matheson Juliana and Richard May Mr. and Mrs. James P. Mills, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morency Ms. Mary C. Morgan and Mr. Michael Neish Mrs. Roberta W. Odell Ms. Nicole H. Perry and Mr. Andrew T.C. Stifler The Hon. Trevor Potter and Mr. Dana Scott Westring Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince Mr. and Mrs. David Roux Mr. and Mrs. S. Bruce Smart, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Snowden Mr. and Mrs. John Sodolski Mr. T. Garrick Steele George and Rab Thompson Mr. James K. Thompson

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GUARDIAN - $1,000 Ms. Anne H. Adams Mr. Christopher Buckley Ms. Marty Daniels Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradley Davis Ms. Anne Engen Mary Ann Ghadban Mrs. Penny Hallman Leslie Hazel Mr. Douglas H. Lees, III Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Mackall, Jr. Mrs. Mary Carter McConnell Mrs. Linda D. Newton Ms. Michele Powers Allison Reichenbach Dr. and Mrs. William Russell Mr. William C. Steinkraus Dr. Robert Varrin Hedda Windisch Von Goeben Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood, III

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CONSERVATOR CIRCLE - $5,000 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Banner, Jr. Ms. Katrina Becker Mr. and Mrs. Zohar Ben-Dov Mr. Paul L. Davies, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fazakerley Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doug Fout Mrs. Hermen Greenberg Mr. Hurst K. Groves and Ms. Barbara A. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Sydney D. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kurzius David and Diana MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mullan Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Ohrstrom Ms. Jean Perin Mr. William G. Prime Mrs. F. Turner Reuter

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund S. Twining, III Ms. Virginia Guest Valentine Ms. Laura W. Van Roijen Mr. John P. White Mr. and Mrs. Rene R. Woolcott Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zimmer

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ASSOCIATE - $500 Mr. Max N. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Perry J. Bolton Mr. Bruce A. Hiler Ms. Anne P. McDowell Mr. Marc S. Owens and Mr. Fred H. Root William and Daphne Richards Miss Beverly R. Steinman SPONSOR - $250 Mrs. Charles C. Abeles Ms. Judy Allen Mr. Howard Armfield Mr. James P. Baber Ms. Anne Ballenger Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ballhaus Mr. John Blackburn Ms. Cornelia W. Bonnie

Ms. Julie Gomena and Mr. Robert Bonnie Ms. Adrianne Brooks Diana Bunting Mr. W. Donald Clark Mr. William S. Coleman Lori Connelly-Defranco Mr. William Cooper Mr. Peter S. Corbin Pamela Covington Mr. Paul D. Cronin Mr. and Mrs. John B. Denegre Mr. and Mrs. John J. Donovan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Benjamin Duke, III John and Leah Ferguson Lt.-Col. Dennis Foster Ms. Virginia Fout and Mr. Michael Whetstone Mr. and Mrs. Jerre Frankhouser Mrs. James C. Garwood Mr. Gregory W. Gingery Mr. Jack S. Griswold Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hafer Mrs. Sherman P. Haight, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hazel Mrs. Ann Mari Horkan Ms. Julia Jitkoff Mr. Tommy Lee Jones Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Keys Nick and Mary Lynn Kotz Dr. Horace A. Laffaye Ms. Catherine C. Larmore Mrs. Ted Lazenby Ms. Arla Jean Lewis Marion Maggiolo Ms. Bonnie Mattingly Mr. Patrick J. McCabe Mrs. Lee McGettigan Mr. and Mrs. Rick Miller Ms. Jeanne H. Moon Mr. George H. Morris Mr. Edmund T. Mudge, IV Mr. and Mrs. David O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. M. Wilson Offutt, IV Mr. and Mrs. William L. Pape Mrs. Mary Charlotte Parr Ms. Dana Pigford Ms. Anita Ramos Dr. and Mrs. Marc Raphaelson Mr. Richard C. Riemenschneider Ms. Emily P. Ristau Mr. and Mrs. Bradford J. Ryder Mr. and Mrs. Roger Sant Mr. Milton Sender

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Spicer Ms. Rebecca K. Splan Mrs. Patricia R. St. Clair Mr. Richard Stokes The Hon. and Mrs. James W. Symington Mr. Peter L. Villa Mrs. C. Langhorne Washburn Mr. George Y. Wheeler, III Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whitman Mr. Lewis S. Wiley Murphy Tuomey Wilson Ms. Nancy Hamill Winter Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Witt Alston Osgood Wolf Mr. and Mrs. William E. S. Worrall

Ms. Charlotte Ober Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher A. Gore Annie and Alex Gould Mary Guest Garland Hall Mr. Bruce Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hasse Bill and Sharon Heiser Peter and Amy Helweg Mr. Gerald L. Hempt Georgia Herbert David Hess Beth Hester Mr. Robin Hill Mr. and Mrs. James K. Hitch Mr. David Hoffberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hottensen DUAL/HOUSEHOLD - $100 Mr. and Mrs. Rich Hurst Mrs. Anita Baarns Celia and Adam Im Mr. and Mrs. Matthew L. Biscotti Wanda W. Johnson Pamela Blumberg Mr. Glen Johnston Mrs. Rose Marie Bogley Mrs. Jane Karasick Keith Boi Mr. and Mrs. William E. Kaye Mr. Robert Boucher and Ms. Elizabeth Mr. and Mrs. James P. Keesee, Jr. Manierre Melinda Kent Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brown Jon and Vee Kreitz Ms. Jackie C. Burke Mason and Mary Lou Lampton Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge Littleton Megan and Jonathan Catherwood Ms. Lexine D. Lowe and Mr. Frederick Dr. and Mrs. Lionel Chisholm C. Pomeroy Mr. and Mrs. William Clinton Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Mackay-Smith Mr. and Mrs. Brian Conboy Ms. Stephanie Malevich Mr. and Mrs. Britton Condon Mr. Jack Martin Mr. Peter Cook Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCormick Melissa Corbin Dr. William H. McCormick Mr. Graham Curtis Greg, Marie, and Chris Miller James G. and Shannon M. Davis Gene and Monica Mock Emily Day Jill Monk Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeButts John and Anne Moss Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeFranco Mr. Paul Murphy Dr. Morgan Delaney and Mr. Osborne Richard Murphy Mackie Deb and David Norman Dawn Dohrmann and Preston Mr. James F. O’Rourke, III Diamond Ms. Amy N. Orr Julie Diehl Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Penkhus Mr. and Mrs. C. L Dimos Mrs. Cynthia Piper Mr. Thomas U. Dudley, II Delane and Ridge Porter Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Duncan Wesley and Barbara Price Elizabeth and Pete Dunning Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Edens, III John and Monica Schoultz Leslie and Paul Edmundson Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Schultz Ms. Ellen Epstein Mrs. Christine Sehn Mr. and Mrs. Edward Frost Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Smithwick, Jr. Mr. Denis Glaccum Eric and Kathryn Lee Steuer

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Margrete and Michael Stevens Michael and Mary Terpak Mrs. Wayne Travell Mr. William D. Trego Marianne Casey and Russell Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wasserman Ms. Mary Wanamaker Watriss Mrs. Peyton Wise, II Tucker and Mary Ann Withers Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wofford Robert and Joan Wolf Ms. Martha A. Wolfe and Mr. William Shabb INDIVIDUAL - $50 Kurt Abendschein Mr. Alan J. Ackerman Ms. Yasmin Albazzaz Ms. Katharine Aldrich Ms. Prudence Anderson Wendy Andrews Mr. Paul Apanasewicz Mr. George Archibald Mrs. Debra S. Arthur Ms. Barbara Ashbrook Ms. Sandra Auman Ms. Anita Bailey Ms. Carol Barber Ms. Jill P. Beach Mrs. Nancy G. Bedford Ms. Jennifer Beisel Cynthia Benitz Mr. Thomas Matt Bennett Mr. John Charles Bennison Ms. Katherine Berger Ms. Linda Bergin Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Beyer Ms. Jeanne M. Blackwell Kay B. Blassic Ms. Robin Bledsoe Jeffrey Blue Mr. William E. Bobbitt, Jr. Mr. C. B. Boyer, III Mrs. Judith R. Boykin Ms. Melinda Brewer Mr. Denny Brisley Mr. David Brown Ms. Karen E. Buckley Ms. Elizabeth Burnett Ms. Liz Callar Ms. Fern L. Camann Ms. Diana M. Cammack Martha Cammack Ms. Laura Campbell

Charles Caramello Goksin Carey Patrica Carter Dr. Jim Casada Ms. Katherine K. Cawood Peter Ceponis Ms. Jean Chappell Ms. Holly Palmer Cheff * Ms. Kimberly Chewning Ms. D. Haskell Chhuy Lelia Clark Mrs. Margaret Clarke Ms. Susan Clarke Mrs. Peyton S. Cochran, Jr. Ms. Sandy Cole Mr. and Mrs. Farnham F. Collins Roberta Comie Ms. Harriett Condon Ms. Barbara Tragakis Conner Lt.Col. Warren H. Corrado Ms. Jeralyn Coulter Mr. Timothy C. Cox Dr. Kathleen Greiwe Crandell Ms. Celia Cummings Edward Cusnier Ms. Cynthia Daily Sean Daly Ms. Rachel M. Day Mrs. C. Lindsay Dole Pamela Stokes Donehower Mrs. Tria Pell Dove Mr. Bryant R. Dunetz Ms. Chistina Jordan Dunn Mrs. Barbara M. DuPont Maurice East Ms. Cameron Eaton Hazle W. Edens Jacqueline Eldredge Mr. James Entrikin Margo Eppard Molly Eppard Mary Ewing Mrs. Susan E. Fargione Mr. Kevin Fay Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fine Katherine Fisher Margaret Gallagher Ms. Jilda C. Garity Mr. Robert Garrett * Douglas Gehlsen Ms. Boo Thayer Gemes Harry Goodheart Mrs. Richard Gookin Mr. Ned Grassi

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Ms. Blake Green Ms. Anthea Greene Mr. Channing M. Hall, III Cathy Handford Mrs. Alexandra Semmes Hansen Ms. Halina Hapworth Diane Hauslein Mrs. Mary-Whitley C. Haycox Mrs. David P. Hendershot Susan M. Hensley Mr. Davyd Foard Hood Jane Hottensen Emily Houston Mr. Thomas A. Hulfish, III Rebecca Hutchings Peggy E. Jackson Mary Jennings Ms. Maggie Johnston Ms. Alison Jones Mrs. Richard K. Jones Ms. Gail Ann Joyce Nathalie H. Kaye Karen Kazmark Ms. Evelyn J. Kealey Cookie Kelly Mr. Anderson Kenny Ms. Gay P. Kent Gerry Kiefer Phil Kiley Mr. Manown Kisor, Jr. * Mr. Henry Koehler Ms. Susan Koso Margaret Kramer Ms. Joanne R. Kresic Mr. Dennis Kugler Cdr. Judith Lafleur-Lovegrove, USNR (Ret.) Mr. Henry W. Lavine Marion Lee Mr. John P. Levis, III Dr. Charles List Mr. S. Scot Litke Dr. Deborah A. Logerquist Sherry Long Mr. Jed Lyons B.T. Kinsey Marable Christina Markey Mr. Robert Martinell Gail Maslyk - Guirreri Mrs. Michael Matz Catherine McAulay Ms. Patricia McCann Denise McGovern Mr. Harry G. McIntosh

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Anne W. McIntosh, MFH Cheryl McKinlay Mr. Gary Medeiros Ms. Emilia Menocal Grosvenor Merle-Smith Ramsay Metcalf Ms. Judie Mijares Ms. Stephanie Millham Mr. and Mrs. Giel Millner Ms. Susan F. Mills Stone Mr. Lawrence L. Monett Mr. Carlos S. E. Moore Ms. Joan Moore Ms. Angela Morales Mr. Joseph L. Moran, Jr. Ms. Maralyn D. Morency Eleanor Porter Morison Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Morison, III Mr. Michael Motion Ms. Suzanne Musgrave James Newman Mrs. Jane M. Noland Mrs. Caroline Hooff Norman Mr. W. Kemp Norman, Jr. Ms. Lily L. Norton Ms. Elaine Oette Edwina Orndoff Ms. Edith H. Overly Ada Gates Patton Dean Perry Mr. and Mrs. John Piper Donald Place Ms. Linda B. Platt Ms. Alice Porter Colin Potts Mr. Spencer C. H. Price Ms. Deborah Pritchard Ms. Nancy Prowitt Mrs. Holliday M. Pulsifer Ms. Wanda W. Putnam Ms. Candice Quinn Mrs. Robert M. Ramsay Mrs. Jeannette B. Rettig Mr. James E. Rich, Jr. Mrs. Judy H. Richter Mr. S. Barclay Rives Jean S. Roberts Ms. Linda Roberts Ms. Linda Robeson Ms. Barbara Rohde Anne Rowland Mary Keith Ruffner Mr. Robert T. Rush

Kateria Ryan Mrs. Carolyn Saffer Susan M. Sanders Mrs. Amanda Scheps Diana Schwerha Barbara M. Scott Mrs. Paul Scott Cpt. Julia K. Scoville Mrs. Barbara I. Sears Ms. Kim Shelly Dr. Jonathan Shurberg Mr. Casper L. Sigmon, II Mr. Howe K. Sipes, III Eleanor Slater Margaret Ivy Smith Ms. Susan Meredyth Smith Susan A. Steeves Mr. Rick Steinberger Mr. John Stirrup Ms. Donna Strama Martha Strawther Mr. William Stromire Ms. Joanne M. Swift Dr. Sandy S. Termotto Ms. Julia D. Thieriot Mr. Paul Thorpe Steven Topolovec Rhea Topping Ms. Felicia Schaps Tracy Mrs. Barbara Van Curen Charmain Van der Merwe Kathryn G. Waldo Ms. Linda Warshaw Mr. Birge Swift Watkins Ms. Whitney White Mrs. Helen C. Wiley Mrs. Carroll Williams Mr. Peter Wood Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Woolman, III Ms. Margaret Worrall Mr. William G. Young Ms. Ruth Youngwirth Col. John F. Zugschwert

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FOUNDATIONS & DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Barker Welfare Foundation Brennan Family Foundation Michelle and B. Tim Brookshire Foundation Donald Grant and Ann Martin Calder Foundation Carnival Foundation Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation East Texas Communities Foundation Exxon Mobile Foundation Fernleigh Foundation William Howard Flowers, Jr. Foundation Helen K. Groves Fund Heritage Plantation Foundation Manuel and Mary Johnson Foundation Lakeside Foundation Leighton-Oare Foundation McGraw Foundation George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation Palmerson Charitable Fund Parker Poe Charitable Trust Prince Charitable Trust Salmson Charitable Fund U.S. Charitable Gift Trust – Blunder Fund Wise Foundation

STUDENT - $25 Mr. Rodger M. L. Schmitt, Jr. *Lifetime members who joined between 1975 and 1994

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CORPORATE PARTNERS

Corporate Benefactor Northern Trust Corporate Conservator Brown Advisory Middleburg Bank Corporate Patron Goodstone Inn & Restaurant Wiseman & Associates Corporate Donor Middleburg Spring Race Association, Inc.

Thank You

We wish to thank those who gave the National Sporting Library & Museum their time, leadership, partnership and support in 2015.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

VOLUNTEERS

OFFICERS Manuel H. Johnson

Aldie Harvest Festival and Duck Race Brown Advisory Brown-Forman Foxcroft School Garden & Gun magazine George Mason University Alumni Association Institut Français du Cheval et de L’Equitation Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Middleburg Academy Middleburg Agricultural Research Extension Center Middleburg Bank Middleburg Business and Professional Association Middleburg Community Charter School Middleburg Film Festival Middleburg Hunt Point-to-Point Middleburg Spring Race Association Museum of Hounds and Hunting Popcorn Monkey of Middleburg Sky Meadows State Park Society of Animal Artists The Hill School The Livestock Conservancy The Scout Guide Town of Middleburg Virginia Library Association Virginia Tech Alumni Association Wakefield School

Brandon Benko Kevin Bowman Greg Chapman Kim Ciftci Jeri Coulter Shayan Ghajar Punkin Lee Lorian Lemmon Perry Mathewes Myra Moffett Bundles Murdock Grace Pikie Juliana Rivett Bee Stribling Karen Thompson Barbara Tiedman George Tiedman

Chairman

Jacqueline B. Mars Vice Chairman

Claire Reid Treasurer

Secretary

DIRECTORS Mimi Abel Smith Hector Alcalde Joseph E. Aulisi Frank A. Bonsal, Jr. Bradley J. Bondi B. Tim Brookshire Donald G. Calder Guy O. Dove Helen K. Groves James I. Harrison, III Clarke Ohrstrom Jacqueline L. Ohrstrom Gayden Parker Lorian Peralta-Ramos F. Turner Reuter, Jr.

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ADVISORY Dorothy Lee Pierre Manigault Catherine Murdock George A. Weymouth

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Faithfulness to Nature: Paintings by Edward Troye October 26, 2014-March 29, 2015

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Sporting Accoutrements: The Still Lifes of Henry Koehler January 16 - May 31, 2015

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Art and the Animal: Society of Animal Artists Exhibition April 18 - August 30, 2015

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Part of the Pack: The Hunt at Petworth, Colin Barker Photography June 19, 2015 - January 10, 2016

Beverly Sanford McConnell: Portraits in Poetry July 10 - November 29, 2015

Paul Brown from the Permanent Collection August 29, 2015 - January 10, 2016

Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog September 25, 2015 - March 20, 2016

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Daphne vom Baur (American, b. 1945) The Start, 2004 oil on linen, 48 x 60 inches Gift of Mrs. Peter Manigault, 2015 Clarice Smith (American, b. 1933) Gallop, 2009 oil with gold and copper leaf on canvas, on five-paneled screen, 50 x 77 ½ inches Gift of Clarice Smith, 2015

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Waiting on Photo Edward Troye (American, 1808 - 1874) Bay Mare and Foal in Stall, 1833 oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches Gift of Jacqueline Ohrstrom, from the Bequest of George L. Ohrstrom, Jr., 2015

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Works on Paper (after) Cecil Aldin (English, 1870 - 1935) Fox Hunting: Suite of Six, 1900 colored lithographs, 14 ¾ x 24 inches Gift of the Estate of Mary S. B. Braga, in memory of Pam Braga, 2015

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acilities report

Assessment Shockey - General Contractor action plan Desert Aire humidification system in Rare Books Room Irrigations system Landscaping/Parking lot improvements

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY 4% 3% 13%

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EXPENSES Exhibitions Education & Library Services Facilities & Security Marketing & Development Administrative TOTAL

$ 413,434 $ 363,425 $ 325,597 $ 256,797 $ 97,402 $ 1,456,655

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REVENUES & SUPPORT Contributions & Grants Membership Revenue Fundraising & Corp. Sponsorship Budgeted Use of Endowment Rental Income Admission Income, Book & Retail Sales, Other Income TOTAL

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757,483 288,658 209,846 195,600 61,568 39,039

FRONT COVER ART: Upper Left: Detail from The Hunt in Belvoir Vale, c. 1835, John Ferneley, Sr. (English, 1782-1860), oil on canvas, 48 x 133 inches, Gift of Kathryn James Clark in memory of Stephen C. Clark, Jr., 2013 Upper Right: Detail from Shokubako [On Horse Ornaments], Matoba Katsumi, 1857, 11 years before the close of Japan’s Edo period. The work is complete in two volumes and details the traditional tack used in feudal Japan. Donated by John H. and Martha Daniels, 1999, F.Ambrose Clark Rare Books Room Lower Left: Detail from Foxhounds and Terrier in a Stable Interior, 1878, John Emms (English, 1841-1912), oil on canvas, 39 x 52 inches, Gift of Felicia Warburg Rogan, 2008 Lower Right: Detail from Chickens and Raspberries, c. 1880, Susan Catherine Moore Waters (American, 1823-1900), oil on canvas, 24 x 16 1/2 inches, Gift of The Phelan Collection, 2012

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